exhausting Nov 1

Fell right to sleep when I laid down on my bed last night...that was how exhausted I was.haha

My day started when I woke up at around 7 to fix breakfast and stuff. Then we went to Quezon City to do the offering and prayers for my Grandpa(Ang-Kong). Considering the time we left the house, we were already late compared to the other people. But we got lucky in Quezon City since we were still able to park inside the temple grounds, coz there was a car that was about to leave when we arrived. As we were approaching the temple, we noticed that there were cars already parked as far as a block away from the temple. When we got to the secodn floor of the temple where ang kong was buried, my eyes kept on tearing because of all the smoke from the candles and incense that permeated the air. Candee even found it hard to breathe. Anyway, we got there put the food that we were going to offer on the table, then lit incense and prayed to Grandpa. Honestly, I don't know what to say sometimes to Ang Kong. We hardly talked while he was still alive, although I remember he liked to take us(his grandkids) out to walk when we were younger. It's funny actually. I still remember the day he died...the night before he died I dreamt about visiting him and then suddenly his heart rate begins to drop, the next day the exact scenario happened. I wasn't there to witness it,but thats what my dad told me. Did he give me that dream because he wanted to say goodbye? That wasn't the only time I dreamt about him actually...There was another one after the funeral, where he was on our room and he was asking me to get the mattress off the bed. Mom says he probably wants us to "burn" his bed to give to him. But it was already too late since we had already burnt his belongings during the funeral.

At around 1140, we went over to Hua Zhong Xi to pray for GuaKong. The air in the temple was even hazier compared to the one in QC. I could barely stay inside for 10 minutes without wanting to close my eyes. After praying to grandpa we went to the temple on the other side to pray for Tua-ku and then to the one for the gods.

Oh yeah, before I forget, I met an auntie that belongs to FGS. She began asking me what activities the youth were having. Then she went on to ask why we don't invite her daughter to our activities. The reply I got from her daughter hurt… She told her mom, "Bakit naman ako sasama dun? Di naman ako member." I find this answer surprising. It seems that she doesn't even want to have anything to do with the organizationot (an organization she might not really know by the way) that a lot of people are passionate about( I don’t necessarily mean the members in this country alone.) She can at least join a few activities before making a decision whether she wants to join or not then. Hay…forget about it. I can’t force her or anything.

After the offering we went to Ama's house for lunch.After eating lunch, Candee and I played Cluedo with Koko. We played like 4 or 5 games then took a break watching TV. After that we played Deal or No Deal on the computer. It was so much fun. Everybody, even Ama, played the game. The suspense of knowing what the suitcase we chose had made us all jumpy and apprehensive. No one got the $1 million prize, highest was $150,000. hehe
We also stayed for dinner. A-pe went out to buy pizza from Yellow Cab. Ama ate leftover palabok from lunch coz she can’t chew the pizza.